Cosmodes elegans (Green Blotched Moth)

Status: unassessed (dirt common).

I've seen a few of these guys around my house in Brisbane. Sometimes beauty isn't far away or inaccessible, it's just easy to overlook.

Shooting moths is actually really tricky because they rest so close to the surface under them, and often at haphazard angles that requires you to be contorted like a pretzel while balancing on a rail or chair. I think they get a good laugh out of it because if you try to reposition them they inevitably fly somewhere higher and more awkward.